Device for moving disappearing beds.



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DEVICE FOR MOVINGDISAPPEARING BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1912.

Patented July 15, 1913.

INVENTOR m0. gar-m,

ATTORNEY CHARLES O. PELLETIER, OF OAKLAND, 'CALIFORNIA.

DEVICE FOR MOVING DISAPPEARING BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented July 1.5, 15913.

Application filed Ilovember 7, 1912. Serial No. 729,986.

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. greater width than the door, and the bed and door swingingindependently on vertical hinges, either in vertical alinement with eachother or as nearly so as practicable.

The object of the present invention is to provide means whereby, asdesired, the bed may be swung outward with the door, or the door may beswung outward without. any corresponding movement of the bed. A

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a front view of a closet havinga bed of the character described therein, the door being broken away in'part; Fig. 2 is a hori zo'ntal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;Fig. 3 bed, looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig 2-, showing alatching bar in its normal position in full lines and in other positionsin dotted lines.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a closet wall, 2 the door thereof,hinged, as shown at 3, to the door casing 4t. Secured by screws 5Jto thefloor (3 of the closet, imme diately behind the door and close to itshinged side, is an angle iron 7 having a vertical member 8, to which issecured one strap Lot a hinge, the other strap 0 being secured to thehead frame'of a collapsible bed t1. Said door is provided with the usuallatch 12. and upon thesquare shank 13 of said latch, between the doorplate and the handle on the inner side of the door, is passed a latchingbar 14 having at one end a square hole fitting snugly around said shank.Said bar is arranged in said shank so that it extends downward at anangle of about 45 away from the adjacent door casing. On turning theshank in one direction to withdraw the latch, said bar is turned upwardthrough an angle of about 45 to an is an elevation of an edge of theapproximately horizontal position. in mow ing into this position itpasses into a notch cr recess '16 formed in the lower edge of a plate 17secured to a side of the head frame of the bed nearest said handle. andwhen the bar is in this position, the bed will swing open with the door.But upon turning the shank of the latch in the other direction towithdraw the latch the bar moved still farther downward through an angleof about 45 to an approximately vertical position, the bed will not soswing open. with said door. Upon releasing the handle, the bar will dropout of engagement with said recess.

1. In combination with a do or having a latch and a handle for opcratinsaid latch, and a bed arranged on a vertical pivot in close roximity tothe line about which the door swings, a device secured to said latch andarranged to be moved into engagement with a part of the bed when thelatch is moved to open the door.

2. In combination with a door having a latch and a handle for operatingsaid latch, and a bed arranged ,on a vertical pivot in close proximityto the line about which the door swings, a device secured 'to-said latchand arranged to be moved into engagement with a part of the bed when thelatch is moved in one direction to open the door, .but not so moved intoengagement when the latchis moved in the other direction to open thedoor.

In combination ith a swinging door, having a latch, and a ollapsible bedhaving a pivot in close proximity to the line about which the doorswings, an operating shank connected with said latch, a bar connected tosaid shank on the same side of the door as the bed, and a plate securedto the bed saidbar is adaptedto be received when the shank is operatedto withdraw the latch.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my band in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. I

CHARLES G. PELLE-Tlltll.

Witnesses:

FRANCLS M. WRIGHT, D. B. RICHARDS.

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' Washington, D. 0.

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